Hey man, keep on fighting the fight and stay strong. You look great and I hope you can stay that way for a long time. My dad was actually diagnosed with ALS just two weeks ago. They originally thought he had cervical stenosis and had spinal surgery a year ago, but progressively got worse until now they diagnosed it to be ALS. My parents had kept it hidden from me how bad he's gotten since i didn't see them from Xmas until July ( they live in Ohio, I live in Cali). I was very surprised to see him in a motorized chair and he can't really do anything on his own now, but can still talk and eat and has enough hand strength to use his chair. I'm hoping he can stay that way as long as possible while we can try and make more memories with him. We are just in the beginning of this so I need to look into all of the resources available. If for some reason you ever pass along fellow ALS stories or donation pages, I've just made a page for him to try and receive donations to help my parents fight the piling med bills and to try and make him as comfortable as possible. My question is, are there any tips I could give him about slowing progression you may have found? Supplements or diet or anything at all?
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Hey man, keep on fighting the fight and stay strong. You look great and I hope you can stay that way for a long time. My dad was actually diagnosed with ALS just two weeks ago. They originally thought he had cervical stenosis and had spinal surgery a year ago, but progressively got worse until now they diagnosed it to be ALS. My parents had kept it hidden from me how bad he's gotten since i didn't see them from Xmas until July ( they live in Ohio, I live in Cali). I was very surprised to see him in a motorized chair and he can't really do anything on his own now, but can still talk and eat and has enough hand strength to use his chair. I'm hoping he can stay that way as long as possible while we can try and make more memories with him. We are just in the beginning of this so I need to look into all of the resources available. If for some reason you ever pass along fellow ALS stories or donation pages, I've just made a page for him to try and receive donations to help my parents fight the piling med bills and to try and make him as comfortable as possible. My question is, are there any tips I could give him about slowing progression you may have found? Supplements or diet or anything at all?
Keep it up man, and thank you for sharing.
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